ACROCEPHALUS LONGIROSTEIS. 



(Long-lilled Beed Warbler.) 



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Faint line over tlie eye, fawn color ; upper surface, reddish brown, becoming more rufous on the upper tail coverts; primaries and tail, 

 deep brown, margined with rufous; chin, whitish; under surface, deep fawn color; irides, yellowish brown. 



Length, 6^ inches ; wing, 3 ; tail, 3 ; bill, | ; tarsus, 1. 



This species inhabits Western Australia, and is noted for its beautiful song, which is uttered both night and day, and much 

 resembles the European Nightingale. It is a shy bird, and makes its nest of similar materials to the former species. The eggs are four in 

 number, greenish white, blotched all over with large irregular patches of olive : size, f by | of an inch. 



MIBAEEA HORSPIELDII. 



(Horsjield^s Bush Larh.) 



ITppEE surface, ashy brown — the centre of each feather dark brown; wings, brown, margined with rufous ; stripe over the eye, buff; chin, 

 white ; under surface, pale buff ; a series of spots of a dark brow^n tint form a crescent beneath the throat ; bill, fleshy brown, tipped with 

 dark brown ; feet, fleshy brown. The sexes are alike, both in plumage and size. 



This interesting little bird is found throughout the colonies of New South "Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, being very rare in 

 the latter. It frequents every variety of country, but is most abundant to the west of the mountainous portions known as the Main Eange. 

 It spends much of its time upon the ground, but is to be seen perched upon trees and shrubs, and, like the Skylark of Europe, occasionally 

 to mount into the air, singing most melodiously. 



